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[Nina-Sky]

why in the hell is my youtube slow?

i have 100mbit

1.32EU A4

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

Are you wired or wireless connected to the router?
Has a Factory Reset been performed?

What ISP Service do you have? Cable or DSL?
What ISP Modem make and model do you have?
If this modem has a built in router, it's best to bridge the modem. Having 2 routers on the same line can cause connection problems.
Double NAT
To tell if the modem is bridged or not, look at the routers web page, Status/Device Info/Wan Section, if there is a 192.168.0.# address in the WAN IP address field, then the modem is not bridged.
If the modem can't be bridged then see if the modem has a DMZ option and input the IP address the router gets from the modem and put that into the modems DMZ.

Some things to try: - Log into the routers web page at 192.168.0.1. Use IE, Opera or FF to manage the router.
Turn off ALL QoS or Disable Traffic Shaping (DIR only) GameFuel (DGL only and if ON.) options. Advanced/QoS or Gamefuel.
Turn off Advanced DNS Services if you have this option under Setup/Internet/Manual.
Turn on DNS Relay under Setup/Networking.
Setup DHCP reserved IP addresses for all devices ON the router. Setup/Networking. This ensures each devices gets its own IP address when turned on and connected, eliminates IP address conflicts and helps in troubleshooting.
Ensure devices are set to auto obtain an IP address.
Set Firewall settings to Endpoint Independent for TCP and UDP under Advanced/Firewall.
Enable uPnP and Multi-cast Streaming under Advanced/Networking. Disable uPnP for testing Port Forwarding rules.
WAN Port Speed set to Auto or specific speed? Some newer ISP modems support 1000Mb so manually setting to Gb speeds can be supported by the router. Advanced/Advanced Networking/WAN Port Speed
Set Time and Time Zone under Tools/Time.

[Hard Harry]

why in the hell is my youtube slow?

i have 100mbit

1.32EU A4

The internetz pipes are dirty. All those megabits cant fit through.

Seriously, might want to give us a bit more info.

[Nina-Sky]

wired

i have fiber and my cable goes directly into the wall. have no modem.

[Hard Harry]

You don't have a modem, but you no doubt have a Fiber ONT wired to a layer 2 switch. I had all kinds of problems with one of those, helping a friend with his RT-N56U.

But what I meant is "youtube is slow" is not a isolated problem we can fix over a forum. Could be your DNS having old caches for the IP of Youtube's server farms. Could be your ISP was having routing problems along Youtubes peering feeds, or the handoff between that and the local backbone. Maybe its a issue with your Flash plugin, or your GPU could be having a issue with the hardware acceleration enabled in your browser. We need particulars, like how is it acting. Is it taking a long time to buffer, or is the buffering locking up. Does it seem to happen more on HD Vids vs SD Vids. Does it ever "spin" even when you have a complete red buffer bar?. All computers on network? More so when X, less so when Y. That kind of stuff.

[Nina-Sky]

Turn off ALL QoS or Disable Traffic Shaping (DIR only) GameFuel (DGL only and if ON.) options. Advanced/QoS or Gamefuel.

what do you mean?